Carpet beater



mg, l2 1924e LLESZ N. J. BESHOP CARPET HEATER Filed Apri 16. 1923 rassennag. ia, iena NEWTON J. BSHOP, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application filed April 16, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, NEWTON J. Bisi-tor, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new anduseful Carpet Beater, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpet' beaters or the like, the primaryobject of the invenv tion being to provide a carpet beater soconstructed that the body portion thereof will bend when it contactswith the article being cleaned, thereby eliminating any possibility ofthe users hand contact-ing with the article under treatment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be secured to the handle portion in such a way as to restrictmovement of the beater proper, with respect to the handle to insureagainst the handle becoming displaced.

A still further obj ect of the invention is to provide a beater whereinthe beating elements are formed integral with the body portion thereofto render the beater exceptionally strong and durable.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. v

Referring toy the drawing:

Figure l is'an elevational view of a beater constructed in accordancewith the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device comprises a body portionindicated generally by the reference character 5 which is formed of aplurality of lengths of wire material, each of which is bentintermediate its ends to provide a pair of opposed legs 6 and 7, whichare twisted around each other Serial No. 632,494.

as clearly shown by Figure 3 of the drawing. The legs 6 and 7 of eachlength of wire are spaced apart throughout portions of their lengths toprovide beating lingers 8, which beating lingers are held in spacedrelation providing a relatively wide carpet engaging section, as clearlyshown by Figure l of the drawing.

The arms 6 of each length of wire closely engage the outer edge of thehandle portion 9, the extremities thereof passing laterally through theopenings l0 formed in the handle where the outer ends thereof are bentupwardly into engagement with the opposed side of the handle 9, as at11.

rlhe arm 7 of each length of wire is positioned in the opening 12 formedin one end of the handle, thereby bracing the body portion 5 of thebeater aga-inst lateral movement. As shown, the lengths of wire aretwisted about each other whereby the body portion is formed into arelatively rigid structure, but at the same time of such a constructionas to permit of flexing while in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A carpetbea-ter including a plurality of lengths of wires, each length of wirebeing bent intermediate its end to provide opposed leg portions, the legportions being twisted about each other to provide a body portion, ahandle having an opening formed nin one end thereof and havingtransversely disposed openings in spaced relation with one end, one ofthe leg` members of each length of wire being disposed in the openingformed in the end of the handle, the opposed leg member of each lengthof wire extending through the transversely extending openings, and theends of the last mentioned legs being bent into close engagement withthe handle.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmy signa- 95 ture in the presence of two witnesses.

NFVTON J. BISHOP. itnesses C. L. HILTON, E. HAROLD MORAN.

